Get ready for an all-day marathon of man-action in a box as Retromedia presents five great epic motion pictures in one sweaty little package. — Episodes/Tracks: — GOLIATH AND THE SINS OF BABYLON — Staring Mark Forest tears it... more &raquo up in one of his greatest roles.

GIANT OF MARATHON

Steve Reeves is in top form here in this classic actioner in which he does a lot of cool swimming scenes! WAR OF THE TROJANS

Another Steve Reeves classic, and well... it's about Trojans.

HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN

Alan Steele adds his name to the list of massive men to portray the legendary super man as he takes on the moon people. Just great stuff all around!

COLOSSUS AND THE AMAZON QUEEN

Rod Taylor stars in one of the weirdest muscle flicks ever. Is it a comedy or an action packed flexathon. You decide!&laquo less

Movie Reviews

Great widescreen print of HERC. VS. MOON MEN

John Black | REDMOND, WA United States | 05/27/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"My comments pertain to previously released DVDs of these films, because this set is a rebundling of previously issued product. First of all, Image has used the excellent, rare widescreen (2:35-1) print of HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN, with superior color. Previous VHS and DVD releases of it were full-frame and faded color. Retromedia's GIANT OF MARATHON is regarded by Steve Reeves fans as one of his very best pictures, and this DVD is the first properly letterboxed (2:35-1) transfer of MARATHON in English. The editorial description above doesn't list this, but another widescreen Reeves film, WAR OF THE TROJANS (aka THE AVENGER), is reportedly included here as well. Retromedia's tranfer of TROJANS is also the first full widescreen version of this film to appear on American home video. The print isn't as good looking as the MOON MEN and MARATHON transfers found in this set, but it is still great to have the film in scope. GOLIATH AND THE SINS OF BABYLON is one of Mark Forest's better films. I haven't seen COLOSSUS, but I don't think it is one of the better genre films. All in all, this box set of reissued discs is a very good collection of primo widescreen tranfers of some popular sword and sandal pictures, and at a bargain price for five titles."